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China’s factory-gate prices return to growth after 41-month decline

China’s factory-gate prices returned to growth in March, posting their first increase after 41 consecutive months of decline, while consumer inflation remained mild, official data showed on Friday. China’s producer price index, which measures factory-gate prices, turned positive in March, rising 0.5 percent year-on-year after falling 0.9 percent in February, according to the National Bureau…

Springtime bolstering ‘bloom-boom’ business

Blooming cherry blossoms attract tourists in Nantong, Jiangsu province during the Qingming Festival holiday. XINHUA As spring arrives in the capital, a sense of fear of missing out on natural beauty grips residents eager to catch fleeting blooming flora. From early March, mountain peach blossoms mark the start of the season, followed by magnolia, crab…

Banks move to lift yuan’s global standing

China’s major State-owned commercial banks recently launched new cross-border renminbi solutions, signaling a stronger push to internationalize the currency as global investors and policymakers increasingly look beyond a single-currency-dominated system amid mounting geopolitical uncertainty. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China unveiled its comprehensive cross-border renminbi financial solutions on Friday. The move implements key directives from…

Tencent Cloud mulls AI-related growth

Participants pose for pictures at an AI holographic photo booth at Tencent’s stand at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 27, 2025. [Photo/VCG] As artificial intelligence approaches a tipping point for industrial growth, Tencent Cloud plans to make its AI-related business a key driver of growth in the coming years, a…

Youth focus lights up Da Ren Tang’s global journey

A pharmacist prepares herbal medicines for patients at the pharmacy of Da Ren Tang Hospital in Hebei district, Tianjin, on Dec 24. ZHAO ZISHUO/XINHUA Hassan Sameh Hassan Elsayed, an international student at Tianjin University, recently shared on social media his first experience at Da Ren Tang’s wellness center, where he tasted herbal tea, inquired about…

Schott AG eyes strong domestic market returns

A visitor takes a photo of exhibits at Schott AG’s booth during a trade fair in Shanghai. CHINA DAILY German tech firm Schott AG is targeting a sharp acceleration in China, pledging to at least double the company’s growth rate in the world’s second-largest economy, with the country leveraging high-tech manufacturing and greater openness to…

Short-swing trading in crosshairs

With a stricter grip over insider trading and short-term speculation through enacting new regulations on short-swing trading, the A-share market will see its transparency and fairness levels further improved, helping to boost investor confidence and attract more long-term capital inflows, experts said. Their comments came after the China Securities Regulatory Commission’s rules on short-swing trading…